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title: TextConnection.TextFileTrailingMinusNumbers Property (Excel)
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# TextConnection.TextFileTrailingMinusNumbers Property (Excel)

 **True** for Microsoft Excel to treat numbers imported as text that begin with a " **-** " symbol as a negative symbol. **False** for Excel to treat numbers imported as text that begin with a " **-** " symbol as text. Read/Write **Boolean**


## Syntax

 _expression_ . **TextFileTrailingMinusNumbers**

 _expression_ A variable that represents a[TextConnection](textconnection-object-excel.md) object.


## Property value

 **BOOL**


## See also


#### Other resources



[TextConnection Object](textconnection-object-excel.md)

